Killer Thriller Docu: Could new evidence in the Scott Peterson case prove his innocence?
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What happened to Lacey Peterson and how did her disappearance unfold?
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Hi, guys. Welcome back to Killer Thriller, docu-edition. I'm your host, Jen Fessler, and we are going in-depth and behind the scenes of the most watched and most binged true crime documentaries and docuseries. So today, we are diving into the Netflix documentary, American Murder, Lacey Peterson. I don't know if any one of you listeners remember Lacey and this story, but it happened on December 24th, 2002. I remember it very well. Lacey Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, was reported missing by her son, Scott Peterson, and stepfather.
How did Amber Frey's involvement change the narrative of the case?
So Scott claimed that he'd gone to the Berkeley Marina, which was almost 90 miles away from their home, to go fishing that morning, and that he had last seen Lacey before he left their Modesto, California home. During the massive, and it was massive, search for Lacey, a woman named Amber Fry came forward and told detectives that she had been dating Scott Peterson for months, which completely blew the whole case wide open and turned everyone's attention on Lacey's husband, Scott, as a possible suspect. Lacey and her son, Connor's body washed up in the San Francisco Bay, just a few miles away from where Scott Peterson had been, well, quote unquote, fishing on the day of her disappearance. So Scott was arrested, charged for the murders of Lacey and their son, Connor,
And then there was a trial, actually a five month trial. And he was found guilty of first degree murder for Lacey's death and second degree murder for Connor's death. Initially, he was sentenced to death in 2005. And then the sentence was overturned in 2020. due to what they said was juror issues, resulting in resentencing in 2021, where he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
What were the major events during Scott Peterson's trial?
And today, I almost cannot believe it, but I am speaking with the most incredible director of this and many amazing documentaries, Sky Borgman. Sky, I cannot thank you enough for coming on. I'm a big, big, big fan of yours.
Thank you.
I am. I watched Unknown Number.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
And we're not here to talk about it today, but maybe some other time. Maybe. That's some sick shit.
Yeah.
It was fascinating. And the way that you did it, The way that the surprise of it all. Anyway, sorry, guys. That's not what we're here to talk about. We are here to talk about Lacey Peterson. So I want to know, first of all, how you got involved in this project. I mean, this is what you do, right?
How did the documentary 'American Murder' portray Lacey Peterson?
So you do a lot of true crime. But this is, to me, this was iconic. So Lacey... would be how old today? I feel like just about my age. I would guess, I mean, just about mine too, in her 50s. Yeah, I'm 57. So, I mean, I remember this, it feels like it was yesterday, but I remember it in real time. And so tell me what brought you to telling this story. Why you picked Lacey in the story?
I'm in the same boat. I mean, I remember it happening. I grew up on the West Coast. I was in, you know, Klamath Falls and now California, you know, so so new about this story, followed the story as it was happening and had always kind of, you know, it always just haunts you a little bit. Yeah. I don't know exactly, like the story came about, like I was talking with Netflix and we talked about the Lacey Peterson story and they felt like it was just a really great one to revisit. And I had such sort of a visceral response to it. And so we sort of chatted and said, yeah, let's do this. Let's go back and revisit. And there'd also been oh a few years back there had been a um yeah kind of a scott peterson is is innocent like they were looking into that and then right around the same time that ours came out another dot came out that was more sort of heavily into questioning scott's guilt and and really saying that he was innocent so i think that the timing of it really was was fortuitous
Yeah, I'm wondering, I have to ask you, why American Murder? Why is that the title? Just because it felt like this all-American.
Yeah, I mean, this all-American, this husband-wife, this, I mean, it feels like, I mean, it just feels like such an American story to me.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to Lacey Peterson and how did her disappearance unfold?
0:00–0:52
2
How did Amber Frey's involvement change the narrative of the case?
0:52–2:05
3
What were the major events during Scott Peterson's trial?
2:05–2:51
4
How did the documentary 'American Murder' portray Lacey Peterson?
2:51–5:06
5
What were the red flags in Scott Peterson's story?
5:06–7:09
6
Why is there still debate over Scott Peterson's innocence?
7:09–8:44
7
What new evidence has emerged regarding Scott Peterson's case?
8:44–9:52
8
How do the families involved perceive the documentary and its impact?
9:52–41:58
Speakers
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